Underwater light leakage detection apparatus

Abstract

A housing is provided having a leak detection tube in liquid communication with the inside of the housing. The housing is adapted to be affixed to a wall surface of a swimming pool over a suspected leak area below the surface of the water by a lockable connector mounted on the housing. A suitable dye substance then is inserted into the distal top or free end of the leak detection tube while the latter is positioned just below the surface of the swimming pool water by a leak specialist positioned on the deck or beam of the pool. A light fixture may be mounted in the wall surface and the aforementioned leakage test conducted to determine water leaks in the niche containing the light fixture.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present application claims priority for all purposes on and of my prior provisional application, Ser. No. 62 / 178,168, filed Apr. 3, 2015, entitled: Underwater Light Leakage Apparatus. By this reference, my prior pending provisional application, Ser. No. 62 / 178,168 etc., is hereby incorporated in and made part of this application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to underwater leak detector devices and methods, and more particularly, to a novel apparatus for detecting unwanted leakage through swimming pool underwater light fixtures without requiring the person conducting the leak investigation to do so immersed underwater in the swimming pool.Description of the Prior Art[0003]It is well known in the swimming pool art to provide various devices for detecting leaks through cracks in the drain system of the pool or through cracks or unwanted openings elsewhere in the pool structure. One known prior...

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Benefits of technology

[0016]An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved swimming pool light leakage detection apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such underwater drain leakage detection apparatus invention available to the buying public.

[0017]It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved swimming pool light detection apparatus that provides an easily visible indicator for showing whether a leak is present in the light receptacle system of a swimming pool.

[0018]It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved swimming pool light leakage detection apparatus that facilitates the application of dye to a leak detection tube just below the top water surface of a swimming pool.

[0019]Yet, another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved swimming pool light leakage detection apparatus that facilitates observing dye inserted into to a leak detection tube positioned just below the top water surface of a swimming pool from an observation position or location above the top water surface of the swimming pool.

[0020]An even further object of the pr

Problems solved by technology

If the dye begins to move down or along the leak detection tube, there is a leak somewhere betw

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